Now, if only twitter could find some way to monetize on this…

You need to see if a friend has one and go round and try theirs out, give it 5 minutes and I bet J’ll love it

Hi Sarah: LOL @ hitting Dave with the plastic remote Gotta admit, the partnership thing on Wii sounds like a lot of fun. However, I’m gonna have to find me a new partner as mine is less into games than I am, so I’d have to pay people to come in and play with me

Hi Tom! Wow, thanks so much for your input and all that info. Using the Wii for internet connectivity also sounds like fun. I had no idea you could do all those things. Cheers for that

I’ve read your blog for a while and figured this is a good time to comment.

I have a Wii and I love it. It’s interesting that you mentioned it here, because I’m also an Apple aficionado and have said that Nintendo is the Apple of the gaming world. Clean, shiny white products and simplified interfaces make me smile.

Wii Sports is a blast, especially if you play with others. Admittedly, after a few weeks we stopped playing it regularly. Mario Kart does look fun, but I’m mostly waiting for Wii Fit, which is a balance and fitness-based set of games that tracks your progress over time. If you haven’t heard about it yet, I would definitely have a look at it. Nintendo has a good introduction on their website and http://www.gametrailers.com has some clips. It sounds like it would be right up your alley, and I gather it’s already out where you are. *grumble*

My wife and I have used the Wii for its Internet connectivity more than anything. Often, while eating dinner, we use the Everybody Votes channel, which is fascinating in itself. We also downloaded the Internet Channel (an Opera-based browser for the Wii) and we’ll watch Youtube clips or things like that. It’s also got News and Weather channels. The News Channel has a nice Associated Press feed and you can even read the news from other countries, so I get to stay abreast of happenings in some of my other favorite places, like Japan and the UK

Also, Satoru Iwata (CEO if Nintendo) recently announced that the Wii wouldn’t be receiving price cuts like other consoles do, as he felt it an undesirable way to treat customers who bought the Wii earlier than others did, and that it was already priced accordingly.

I hope this information is of interest to you.

Thanks, and take care!

Tom

I don’t agree about the Wii Sports game being basic and boring. Try playing with two people and you’ll have hours of fun. We spent a good hour or two on Sunday playing doubles in tennis and had great fun and completely wore ourselves out in the process (which is a good thing!). If you look at it from a gaming point of view then yes, you’ll probably get bored like you would with any game that you complete, but imagine going to the gym and running on the same treadmill for half a hour every day, far more boring than playing tennis, trying to argue that the ball was in and trying not to hit the wall or your other half with a plastic remote (yes I did all 3 yesterday!).

Mine will collect dust, but that’s because I don’t dust inside the video cabinet, not because it won’t be used. First thing every morning I do my Wii Fit check and I’ve been spending at least 30 minutes a day doing some form of exercise on it. I’m far better at hula hooping on it than in real life!